Where does “groomling” come from?

groomling (English) comes from English groom, from English bridegroom, from Middle English brydgrome, from Middle English bridegome, from Old English brȳdguma, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdigumō, from Proto-Germanic brūdigumô, from Proto-Germanic gumô.

groomling (English): A little or young groom

Definitions

  1. A little or young groom

Ancestry of “groomling”, step by step

groomling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English groom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgroomA man who is about to marry; A person who cares...
2EnglishbridegroomA man in the context of his own wedding; one who...
3Middle EnglishbrydgromeAlternative form of bridegome
4Middle EnglishbridegomeA groom; a man recently married or to be married;...
5Old Englishbrȳdgumabridegroom
6Proto-West Germanic*brūdigumōbridegroom, husband of the bride
7Proto-Germanicbrūdigumôbridegroom, husband of the bride
8Proto-Germanicgumôman
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰm̥mōearthling, human
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
11Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
12Proto-Indo-European-mi

via English Ling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLingAny of various codlike saltwater fish often used as food by humans, those of the genus Molva, in the family Lotidae
2Middle EnglishlingAny of various varieties of heather or broom
3Old Norselyngheather, ling
4Proto-Germaniclingwąheather, ling
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlengʷʰom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlengʷʰ-light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi